A reminder: The Warriors have 75-mile territorial rights, which includes San Jose

The language is clear and the David Stern mandate is not wise to ignore: The Warriors have NBA territorial rights to every piece of potential hoops-harboring land within 75 miles of Oracle Arena.

There’s no by-law that says Warriors owner Chris Cohan has to use his veto power to block another NBA franchise (say, the Sacramento Kings) from re-locating to the Bay Area…

But I guarantee you that Cohan would block such a proposed move, unless somebody is ready to plop $20M or so (probably more, depending on Cohan’s mood) into his pocket, and right now, I do not see that happening.

75 miles. Yes, that includes San Jose, as I think we have discussed in previous years, when, for instance, the Seattle SuperSonics cast out some feelers about a potential re-location at the arena.

The territorial rights situation, like the Giants with any A’s thought of moving to San Jose, is a deal-stopper. Period.

For the NBA and the GSWs, it mostly centers on the concrete fact that the Warriors have zero interest in allowing another franchise to slice up their carefully cultivated Bay Area fan base. That was true five years ago, and it must be 1,000 times more decisive in these economic conditions.

If the Sonics ever seriously thought about moving into what is now HP Pavilion, I am quite sure that thought was swatted away by Cohan communication to the league offices, and backed to the hilt by the commissioner, who knows what he has in the Bay Area is not to be over-exploited.

Turns out, the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City, which is assuredly more than 75 miles away from the Warriors’ home base, last I checked.

This issue is raised again by recent soft utterances out of Sacramento.

According to some chatter, the Maloofs, who own the Kings, may have had contact with some officials/execs San Jose and/or Anaheim about re-location of the Kings.

That’s presuming that the hunt for a new Sacramento arena continues to stall.

You see the reasoning: It’s getting almost impossible to build new arenas or stadiums in California (hello A’s, 49ers and Raiders!), and yet San Jose and Anaheim already have nice arenas and no NBA tenants.

I can see where the Maloofs would want to talk to people, would spotlight San Jose and Anaheim, and would not mind it at all if those loose thoughts hit the media. All the better to rev up the Sacramento talks as high as possible.

But the Lakers and Clippers are already in LA, and I cannot see a third team in the LA/OC area being an attractive commodity for Stern and the other owners.

And the Warriors are a Bay Area mainstay, despite all odds and win-loss records. They have the veto. They have the NBA behind them, and the NBA is not dumb.